You were not measuring actual improvement—you were measuring the amount of whining/complaining.
Which is strongly correlated with pain. A reduction in pain is an actual improvement.
A reduction in pain is an actual improvement
No, not in the sense we are talking about here. Pain is known to be quite psychosomatic, anyway.
You were not measuring actual improvement—you were measuring the amount of whining/complaining.
Which is strongly correlated with pain. A reduction in pain is an actual improvement.
No, not in the sense we are talking about here. Pain is known to be quite psychosomatic, anyway.